Riddle Diddle Farm

by Diane Z. Shore, Deanna Calvert, Stephanie Bauer (Illustrations)

Don't miss the other lift-the-flap fun in Riddle Diddle Dumplings : Riddle Diddle Ocean , Riddle Diddle Safari , and Riddle Diddle Rainforest!
 
Funny rhyming riddles give helpful clues that entice young readers to guess which farm animals are hiding under the flaps in this sturdy board book.
 
"The riddles are funny, the clues are helpful, and of course, the lift-the-flaps are a delight."— Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Review
 
I wallow in mud / and eat lots of crud. / For slop, my appetite's big.
You think I stink? / I'm tickled pink! / Oinkety-oink! I'm a . . .
 
Did you guess pig? Authors Diane Z. Shore and Deanna Calvert team up with clever rhymes to introduce pigs, roosters, and other common farm animals. Artist Stephanie Bauer's bright painted patterns and unique colorful textures hide the animals just enough to make this book a fun guessing game.
 
Serving up a dumpling-sized portion of animal riddles, the Riddle Diddle Dumplings board book series will appeal to toddlers and preschoolers and is perfect for sharing among siblings or multi-age groups of kids.

10 pages, Board Book

Published August 21, 2018

About the author

Diane Shore says that she never grew up past the 3rd grade and admits that she still thinks like an impetuous nine-year-old with ADD. She is the author of, Bus-A-Saurus Bop, winner of the 2004 Childrens Choice Award, Look Both Ways, winner of the 2007 Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Award, and her most recent picturebook, This Is the Dream, which received a Booklist starred review and was named a 2007 Once Upon a Child Honor book. Her I-Can-Read series with publisher HarperCollins titled How to Drive Your Sister Crazy! will be released this summer. She lives in metro Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two teenagers, and loves visiting schools. Visit her website at www.dianezshore.com"

Reviews

[Andrés]

Rhymes work but are just ok. Toddlers have a good chance of guessing the animals (rooster, cow, pig, horse, sheep) by listening to the word and looking for partly-obscured animals before lifting the large, easy-to-lift flap.